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Invoicing and credit

On hold
1 invoice raised on the accountterms 30 days netinvoices raise per shipmentXero keeps the ledger
Invoiced£1,847gross, across 1 invoice
Not yet invoiced£1,8681 open order still to ship in full
Balance in Xero£2,494arrives from the ledger, never re-keyed
Overdue£0nothing past terms
Invoices on this accountOne invoice per order, raised the moment the rule allows
InvoiceRaisedSiteDueXeroGross
Raised16/07/2026SiteGuildford Site OfficeGuildfordDue15/08/2026within termsGross£1,846.54
1 invoice, £1,847 gross
Whether an invoice has been paid comes back from Xero with the balance, so the statement beneath and the ledger can never disagree. Supplier documents and the Xero connection itself are estate work, on global Invoicing.
Credit positionWhat the ledger says, plus what it cannot see: open orders, and any hold recorded on the accountOn hold
Balance£2,494from Xero · limit £49,000
Exposure£4,362balance plus £1,868 on open orders
Headroom£44,638left before the limit, open orders counted
Overdue£0paying to terms
On holdOver credit limit. Recorded on the account.
Open orders carrying the hold1 open order carries the hold. What a hold prevents is not yet confirmed with accounts, so the hold is shown on each order rather than enforced silently.
SO-10418Carries the account hold: Over credit limit.£1,868
A hold is recorded on the company record by a person, with a reason, and released there. Exposure over the limit is a warning: nothing here stops an order on arithmetic.
AgeingThe overdue invoice rows, by how far past terms
Everything sits current. The reminder ladder stays quiet.
Reminder ladderCreated and issued are different states; only one reaches a customerNothing due
Nothing to chase: the account pays to terms. The ladder starts by itself at seven days overdue; levels 2 to 4 wait for a person.
Statement of account15/05/2026 to 13/08/2026 · the document a reminder goes out with£2,493.65
DateTypeReferenceDetailDueAmountBalance
15/05/2026Opening-Balance brought forward--£872.78
16/07/2026InvoiceINV-10459Order SO-10459, 8 lines to Guildford Site Office15/08/2026£1,846.54£2,719.32
09/08/2026PaymentBACS-5999Payment received, allocated to the oldest invoices first--£225.67£2,493.65
Balance now due£2,493.65
Opening balance £872.78 plus 1 invoices totalling £1,846.54 less payments received gives £2,493.65, which is the balance Xero holds for this account. Payments are the balancing figure in this simulation, which is stated here rather than hidden so nobody mistakes the statement for a real ledger extract.